Opening This Week: October 27 - November 2 (MonkeyPeaches Exclusive)

 

November 2, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local Films

 

 

 

Other Films

 

 

               
               
 

China (mainland)

           
               
 

 

 

 

Lust, Caution / Se, Jie

(November 1, 2007)

Shanghai, 1942. The World War II Japanese occupation of this Chinese city continues in force. Mrs. Mak, a woman of sophistication and means, walks into a café, places a call, and then sits and waits. She remembers…how her story began several years earlier, in 1938 China . …

Directed by Ang Lee; written by Elieen CHANG (story), James SCHAMUS, WANG Hui0Ling.
Starring LEUNG Chiu-Wai, TANG Wei, Joan CHEN, WANG Lee-Hom.

Produced by Focus Features (New York), Haishang Films (Taiwan), Mr. Yee Productions (New York?), River Road Entertainment (Los Angeles / Minneapolis), Hai Sheng Film Production Company (Taiwan)

 

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A Dream of Seventeen Years / Yi Meng Shi Qi Nian

 

(November, 2007)

 

Story of a Uighur couple, their daughter and an adopted son, an abandoned Han Chinese boy...

 

Directed by YAN Gaoshan; written by Zhu Zi.

Starring Wushouer Sailai (?), Zulifeiya Rexiti (?), WANG Wenjie, MA Mingyang.

 

Produced by Xiang Sheng Film and TV Production and Distribution Co., Ltd. (Shanghai)

 

Stills

           
               
               
               
 

Hong Kong

           
               
 

 

 

 

Triangle / Tie Saam Gok / The Iron Triangle (literal)

(November 1, 2007)

 

Made by three directors in a relay, this thriller begins with three men being offered with a chance to dig up a buried treasure, which leads them through a rollercoaster adventure they will never forget...

 

Directed by TSUI Hark, Ringle LAM, Johnnie To; written by Sharon CHUNG, Kenny KAN, YAU Nai-Hoi, AU Kin-Yee, YIP Tin-Shing.

Starring Simon YAM, Louis KOO, SUN Honglei, Kelly LIN, LAM Ka-Tung, YOU Yong.

 

Produced by Media Asia Films Ltd. (Hong Kong), Film Workshop (Hong Kong), Poly-Bona Film Publishing Co, Ltd. (Beijing), Milkyway Image Company (Hong Kong).

 

Official site

      Breath South Korea Nov. 1
     
The Polar Express USA Nov. 1
     
Summer's Tail Taiwan Nov. 1
     
Shoot 'Em Up USA Nov. 1
     
Silk Canada / France / Italy / UK / Japan Nov. 1
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
               
               
               
 

Taiwan

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Song of Cha-Tian Mountain / Cha Tian Shan Zhi Ge

 

(November 2, 2007)

 

A young man, with a dream of ending the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, takes refuge in the mountains and wins the respect of the aboriginal people...

 

Directed by HUANG Yu-Shan; written by HUANG Yu-Shan, CHEN Hua, J.J. CHONG (novel)

Starring ZHUANG Kaixun, CHEN Bing-hong, An-Tai Mei-Fang.

 

Produced by T L Fun (Taiwan)

 

 

 

 

Naraka 19

USA Nov. 2
     
Apartment 1303 Japan Nov. 2
     
Mr. Woodcock USA Nov. 2
     
Saw IV USA Nov. 2
     
Shoot 'Em Up USA Nov. 2
     
The Romance of Astrea and Celadon   Nov. 2
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Images: Focus Features, Haishang Films, Mr. Yee Productions, River Road Entertainment, Hai Sheng Film Production Company, Xiang Sheng Film and TV Production and Distribution Co., Ltd., Media Asia Films Ltd., Film Workshop, Poly-Bona Film Publishing Co, Ltd., Milkyway Image Company, T L Fun.